Friday, 2 December 2016

With each main episode we're intending, as an addendum, to look at the actual books we've got - compare editions, artwork and presentation. So, here's the first one. We all had the same (nearly) edition of Cop Hater, so we also look back to earlier releases.

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Welcome to Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast.This podcast was originally presented in two parts, which are now combined: Part One Information:"This is the first part of our podcast looking at Cop Hater (1956). Paul, Morgan and Stephen look at Ed McBain's background, what was going on in 1956 and start to set the scene for the book, which will be discussed in more detail in Episode One, Part Two.Apologies for the crackles which appear on the recording from about 13 minutes in - possible wifi or phone interference - a lesson learned!"Part Two Information:"Part Two ("The big bit") is here!

Finally, we get into some detail about the first book in the 87th Precinct series, Cop Hater (1956)! This episode is probably longer than we intend for most of them, but as this is Book One and we're still talking about the genesis and background for the series, well, there you go."